It s time to paint the fireplace brass.
Spray paint brass fireplace doors.
Hide your hubby and kids.
Whether your brass fireplace doors have become dingy and tarnished or you re just ready for a change painting them is a fairly simple weekend project.
Then crack a window.
Let your fireplace door dry from paint completely before using or lighting up your.
You can paint over brass fireplace doors but it s very important to use the right paint.
Your painted fireplace insert will look completely updated in 30 minutes or less.
The fireplace doors were really a very pretty design but all brass.
So i decided why not procrastinate packing a bit longer and spray paint a brass fireplace.
I just loosened those screws and the whole door frame comes off.
Spray paint your brass fireplace trim with this simple tutorial.
Some high heat paints are not meant to be used with a primer so make sure you read the instructions on the can.
Painting over a semi dry coat of paint can cause air bubble formation that is not very pleasing to look at when paint dries.
My fireplace doors were attached to the brick with just one screw on each side.
Your doors may be solid brass or brass plated steel a magnet will not stick to solid brass but in either case the process is the same.
Spray the brass portions of the fireplace doors with a light sweeping motion applying a thin coat of paint.
If you are going to use spray paint cover your furniture as well as any other decorations and accessories around the fireplace area.
Eventually we d love to replace this wood burning.
Add more coats if necessary for coverage.
It will take you less than 1 minute for each coat.
Any gaps in the paper will get spray paint in it so take your time on this step.
Two thin coats of the spray paint will more than cover the fireplace brass.
Let this dry then apply another thin coat.
It looked like this when i stuck my head in there.
I knew with a little spray paint we could update those suckers in no time.
So right before we headed to haiti rather than packing and prepping i decided to paint the paneling in in our living room.
Additionally since my glass doors were easily removable they just screwed off i took them off and covered the inside of the fireplace with plastic as well.